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" Say to the court, it glows, And shines like rotten wood; Say to the church, it shows What's good, and doth no good. If church and court reply, Then give them both the lie. Tell potentates they live Acting by others' action; Not loved unless they give,... "
The minstrel, a collection of moral and religious poems - Page 187
by Minstrel - 1824
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Recollections of a Literary Life: Or, Books, Places and People

Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1852 - 592 pages
...Go, Soul, the body's guest, Upon a thankless errand; Fear not to touch the best, The truth shall be thy warrant. Go, since I needs must die, And give...shines like rotten wood; Go tell the Church it shows Men's good, and doth no good: If Church and Court reply, Then give them both the lie. Tell potentates...
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Recollections of a Literary Life: Or, Books, Places, and People, Volume 1

Mary Russell Mitford - American literature - 1852 - 344 pages
...Soul, the body's guest, \ Upon a thankless errand ; Fear not to touch the best, The truth shall be thy warrant. Go, since I needs must die, And give...shines like rotten wood ; Go tell the Church it shows Men's good, and doth no good : If Church and Court reply, Then give them both the lie. Tell potentates...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 71

Scotland - 1852 - 838 pages
...Go, soul, the body's guest, Upon a thankless errand ; Fear not to touch the best, The truth shall be thy warrant. Go, since I needs must die, And give...shines like rotten wood ; Go tell the church it shows Men^K good, and doth no good : If church and court reply, Then give them both the lie." And so it goes...
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Sketches of English Literature from the Fourteenth to the Present Century

Clara Lucas Balfour - English literature - 1852 - 458 pages
...Go, soul, the body's guest, Upon a thankless errand ! Fear not to touch the best, The truth shall be thy warrant ; Go, since I needs must die, And give the world the lie. The Church. " Go, tell the court it glows And shines like rotten wood ; Go, tell the church it shows...
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Notes and Queries

Electronic journals - 1852 - 1170 pages
...Go, soul, the body's guest, Upon a thankless errant ! Fear not to touch the best, The truth shall be thy warrant. Go, since I needs must die, And give the world the lie." It will be satisfactory to hear at the same time in what work they are to be found. A nobleman of high...
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Hausschatz englischer Poesie: Auswahl aus den Werken der bedeutendsten ...

Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - English poetry - 1852 - 438 pages
...the lye. Goe, tell the conrt it glowes And shines like rotten wood ; Goe, tell the church it showes What's good, and doth no good; If church and court reply, Then give them both the lye. Tell potentates they live Acting by others actions ; Not lov'd unlesse they give, Not...
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Notes and Queries

Electronic journals - 1852 - 544 pages
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The book of English poetry, with critical and biogr. sketches of the poets

English poetry - 1853 - 552 pages
...Go, Soul, the body's guest, Upon a thankless errand : Fear not to touch the best, The truth shall be thy warrant ; Go, since I needs must die, And give...it shows What's good, and doth no good : If Church ar.d Court reply, Then give them both the lie. Tell zeal it lacks devotion, Tell love it is but lust,...
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Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions ...

Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1853 - 716 pages
...1 Fear not to touch the best, The truth shall be thy warrant ; Go, since I needs must die, And gire the world the lie. Go, tell the court it glows, And...the church it shows What's good, and doth no good l If church and court reply, Then give them both the lie. Tell potentates, they live Acting by others...
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Salad for the Solitary

Frederick Saunders - American essays - 1853 - 314 pages
...Go, Soul, the body's guest, Upon a thankless errand, Fear not to touch the beet, The truth shall be thy warrant ; Go, since I needs must die, And give...the lie. Go, tell the Court it glows And shines like soften wood ; Go, tell the Church it shows What's good, and doth no good. If Church and Court reply,...
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